Franz Ferdinand is back with a new album showcasing the band’s artistic growth over the past couple of years.

Instead of the Euro-pop-alterna-punk-dance-rock that brought the band to the top of the charts with songs like “Take Me Out,” Tonight—the Scottish quartet’s third album—shows a more mature band delving into less familiar sounds.

Unfortunately, a number of people will be asking one simple question: Why did we have to wait so long for this?

The foot-tap-happy beats aren’t gone, they just have a richer, more sophisticated sound layered over them—a combination of funk, disco, electronica, classic rock and even dub.

These influences can be heard starting with the first track on the album—and the first single released—“Ulysses.” While it has the pop feel that’s familiar to fans, the bass departs familiar rock waters for something that would be more at home in a U.K. nightclub. The same feeling carries throughout the album on songs like “No You Girls,” “Send Him Away” and “Twilight Omens.”

The most notable songs are “Live Alone” and “Can’t Stop Feeling,” both of which feel like they were written specifically for play in a dark dance club somewhere.

Franz Ferdinand has put together a perfectly serviceable album in Tonight. But while the album certainly is good, it is not three-years-in-the-making good. Had this come out on the heels of You Could Have It So Much Better, expectations would be a little lower and Tonight might stand out better as an excellent album.